Miscellaneous laptop discussions forum: Best Laptop Brand?

U.S.S. Wasp and took note that Tough books are the choice of the U.S. Navy for their use, what usage could be more demanding? I like Fujitsu as well, but for a bulletproof machine the Panasonic has to win hands down.

since reliablity is your number 1 concern getting a thinkpad/lenovo laptop is the way to go. My dad works for IBM and ever since i could remember we both have only owned thinkpads. Each thinkpad he's owned has lasted over 6 years (in nearly perfect condition, because he mostly uses it for work) and the laptop i got for high school has lasted all 4 years in great condition (although i've had to send it back to IBM for repair a few times) ...but unlike Dell, IBM's customer service is exceptional, sending your laptop back to them is no problem at all and most of the time you get it back in 1-2 days (after you shipped it!) Since you won't be doing much if any gaming on your laptop, Thinkpad is definetly the way to go. And despite what people think even Thinkpads can handle a few gaming apps heavy in the graphics department. You can't lose with a Thinkpad.

Sony - Good Performance and Design, but pretty expensive and noisy

Fujitsu - Bit expensive, made with cheap materials compared to their price, runs warn and noisy but their laptops are light and pretty good performance

Dell - Good price and performance, but mediocre design, heavy, and few incidents of their battery exploding and injuring people...

Toshiba - Their Portege and Tecra models are very expensive and not worth the money(But Satelite models are cheap), runs very hot and bad customer service

Asus - Good performance, leading technology(Since they are the first ones to apply Duo Core to Ultraportable notebooks), good designs(Always seem to win Germany's Red Dot Design awards), but expensive and made out of cheap material compared to their expensive price

IBM/Levono - Mediocre design (Personally they have the worst designs), Strongly built, good price, pretty good performance, however, bad graphic quality and their ultraportables are very thick and tubby

Toughbook - Strongly built, good performance, but too expensive

Acer - Good price and performance, but built poorly and they dont answer the phone

LG(Canada)- Really good design, good performance, runs cool and quiet, but pricy and not known very well

HP - Mediocre design, not bad, good performance but their technology is a bit behind, business models are bit pricy

Compaq - Good price, nicely built, but runs pretty hot and heavy

Averatec - Cheap price, but not a reliable company and sometimes ships defective models. Their laptops do not last for a long time

I think that was enough...
The best brand depends on what you desire
If you want quiet and cool running laptop, go with Asus, LG, HP business models, or levono.
If you demand a laptop that can play newest games but still ultraportable, go with Sony, Asus, Dell and so on...If just weight is ur highest demand, go with Fujitsu or Sony

Thanks for the info.

My budget is sub-$1500. I no longer need a desktop replacement. Just something with a good battery life (both hours per charge and ability to hold a charge over the years), reliable parts, and a dvd burner, plus a 1 gig memory.

A top-notch screen and independent graphics card are no longer essential for me.

I'm leaning towards a toshiba right now. My girlfriend does have a satellite M35-S456. It is about 2 1/2 years old and she has had no problems with it and the battery still holds a 3 hour charge. My older bro had an even earlier version and he thought it was very reliable as well.

There is just so much out there now, it is kind of daunting and I haven't kept up in computing for the past three years.

So do I buy an AMD or Core Duo... which core duo, do I wait for the Merom? It's enough to drive you crazy. However, I do like the cooler running processors that have good battery life.

ill be going to a friends shop in the morning date is 9-30-2011 ill be there that morning looking a a beast i belive he told me it was an i was wornding if it is a good brand he also said that the intials was for the laptop computer is bc an i was wornding if anyone knew anything about an is it a good computer

Basically each brand has so many models it's impossible to evaluate fully at the brand level. Each model has the model that they mass produce and are sold at Costco, Best Buy and Office Depots. Those machines are made for the mass market and may use the cheapest components. Remember laptops are manufacturer by companies in china and taiwan for Brands all over the world. They use components made by other 3rd party companies such as ATI, NVIDIA, Seagate, Realtek and Intel to name a few. Even the motherboards are made by someone else although Asus does make mobo's. It better to evaluate models rather then brands because not models of the same brand are even manufactured by the same companies (Compal, Quanta, Foxconn all manufacture laptops for the main brands). Some model are manufactured for numbers such as the laptops you see at Best Buy and Office Depot. You tend to see the same models at these retail sites. These tend to have cheaper components. The you have the model that the brand dont manufacture the big number but are for more specializes niches such as gaming or the Panasonic Toughbooks which are built to withstand the elements and are built rugged and are used for police officers in cars and housing inspectors that are very mobile. All brands have their good and bad. Support can be an issue but it's sort of a catch 22 because we hope we buy a laptop that doesn't need to be sent back to be repaired. If we get a laptop like that it really doesn't matter how good or bad their support is.